Cultural Sociology
An Introduction
1. Edition February 2012
250 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The first dedicated textbook to systematically address culture as a focus for understanding the processes and systems of relations through which societies are arranged, this book sets out the key antecedents contributing to the emergence of cultural sociology and presents students with a firm grounding in the theoretical and methodological principles. Emphasizing key themes and issues, the book offers a rich overview of the various empirical applications of cultural sociology, outlining cultural sociological approaches to a variety of cultural forms including music, fashion, eating, sport and media.
Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and the various empirical applications of cultural sociology.
* A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significant field which provides invaluable summaries of key studies and approaches within cultural sociology
* Clearly written and designed, with accessible summaries of thematic topics, covering race, class, politics, religion, media, fashion, and music
* International experts contribute chapters in their field of research, including a chapter by David Chaney, a founder of cultural sociology
* Offers a unified set of theoretical and methodological tools for those wishing to apply a cultural sociological approach in their work
Preface
Glossary of Terms
Part I: Theory and Method
1 Starting to Write a History of the Present Day: Culture and Sociology
David Chaney
2 Defining Cultural Sociology
3 Methodological Issues in Cultural Sociology
Part II: New Cultural Identities
4 Class, Culture and Social Difference
5 Gender and Sexuality
6 Racism, 'Race' and Difference
7 Bodies and Identities
Part III: Fragmented Ideology
8 Politics and Culture
9 Globalization
10 Culture and Religion
Part IV: Leisure and Lifestyle
11 Popular Music: Place, Identity, Community
12 Fashion Logics and the Cultural Economy: The Social Power of Tastes, Aesthetics and Style
13 Food, Eating and Culture
14 Media, Culture and Public Life
References
Index
Andy Bennett is Professor of Cultural Sociology and Director of the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He has authored and edited numerous books including Popular Music and Youth Culture, Cultures of Popular Music (2001), Remembering Woodstock (2004), and Music Scenes (edited with Richard A. Peterson, 2004). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sociology.
Laura Desfor Edles is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Northridge.
Margaret Gibson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Griffith University.
David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He has written in the areas of the history of social thought, historical sociology, the sociologies of culture, art and aesthetics, and the cultural sociology of globalization. He is founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology.
Ronald Jacobs is Associate Professor of Sociology at University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author of Race, Media and the Crisis of Civil Society (2000) and The Space of Opinion (2011), and co-editor of Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology (2011).
Ian Woodward is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Griffith University.
